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The Male Animal is a 1942 American comedy-drama film produced by Warner Bros., starring Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland and Joan Leslie. The film was based on a hit 1940 Broadway play of the same name written by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent.
The Male Animal: Directed by Elliott Nugent. With Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson. A college English teacher suddenly finds himself the center of a free-speech debate on campus.
Boffo homecoming pep rally, professor Tommy (Henry Fonda) squirming as booster Keller (Eugene Pallette) announces halfback Wally (Don DeFore), his hero, ex-star Joe (Jack Carson), also ex-boyfriend to ex-cheerleader and Tommy's wife Ellen (Olivia de Havilland), in The Male Animal, 1942.
On the weekend of the big football game at a large Midwestern university, English professor Tommy Turner (Henry Fonda) unexpectedly gets embroiled in a free-speech controversy.
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A college English teacher suddenly finds himself the center of a free-speech debate on campus. It's Homecoming weekend at Midwestern University, the weekend which will culminate with the big game between Midwestern and Michigan.
A play, The Male Animal (1941), written with Elliott Nugent, is a plea for academic freedom as well as a comedy. His fantasies for children, The 13 Clocks (1950) and The Wonderful O (1957), are among the most successful fairy tales of modern times.
The Male Animal (1942) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Overview. The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class.
The Male Animal is a film directed by Elliott Nugent with Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson .... Year: 1942. Original title: The Male Animal. Synopsis: The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists.
Professor Turner must decide whether to stand by his principles as a teacher and lose his job, or to put the letter away, as ordered. I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor ( / editor...
